Video Preview of 3-D Episode of Chuck on NBC

Get Those 3-D Glasses Ready for Chuck Tonight

I hope you didn't pitch your 3-D glasses after the big Monsters vs. Aliens ad during yesterday's Super Bowl, because you'll need them to tune into tonight's special episode of Chuck. Well, you won't need them, per se; the episode will still make sense in just the regular ol' dimensions. But if you want to see knives spinning out of your TV — and the most awesome shot of Big Mike eating a donut ever — you'll want to don the geeky specs like Zachary Levi and Joshua Gomez do in this cute video to watch along.

Tonight's episode is the first since December, and in addition to special effects, it's also full of guest stars: Lost's Dominic Mongahan plays a rock star who stops by the Buy More for a promotional visit, while former Pittsburgh Steelers star Jerome Bettis plays a thuggish new Buy More employee. Chuck's used its guest stars better than any show I can think of (well, besides maybe 30 Rock), so I'm expecting these folks to fold in seamlessly to the show's wacky world.

As I heard from Josh Schwartz a while back, there's some big stuff coming up for Chuck in the second half of its second season. The show isn't a lock for renewal — especially not with Jay Leno moving to primetime — so I'm hoping this special episode gives the show the ratings boost it deserves. To check out a preview, just

i was a bit irritated because i never got 3-d glasses for the monsters vs aliens ad nor knew that chuck was going to be in 3-d until the night before. i watched the episode and it was good but would have thought that nbc would have given more notice regarding the 3-d thing.